Pressure Point

Film · 1962 TMDB 6.6 45 votes

An African-American prison psychiatrist finds the boundaries of his professionalism sorely tested when he must counsel a disturbed inmate with bigoted Nazi tendencies.

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Hubert Cornfield

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Stanley Kramer Productions

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Sidney PoitierDoctor

Bobby DarinPatient

Peter FalkYoung Psychiatrist

Carl Benton ReidChief Medical Officer

Mary MundayBar Hostess

Howard CaineTavern Owner

Gilbert GreenJewish Father

Barry GordonPatient (as a boy)

Richard BakalyanJimmy

Lynn LoringJewish Girl A Anne BartonMother

James AndersonFather

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Release date 1962-10-10

Countries United States

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